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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Fraud email example:

From: Rabi Aliu <rabi2007a4@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: <rabi.a2007@yahoo.fr>
Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2007 18:55:18 +0200
Subject: Urgent Reply



Dear,

I am Mrs. Rabi Aliu, the wife of Mr. Idris Aliu, I am a citizens of Tunisian. My husband worked with the Chevron/Texaco in Russia for before he died in the year 2004 my husband deposited the sum of 7.5 Million Euroswith a Bank in Europe.this money is still with the Bank and the management just wrote me as the beneficiary that our account has been DORMANT and if I do not re-activate the account;the funds will be CONFISCATED(note that you need to activate this account)I'm in a hospital in Russia undergoing treatment for cancer.Stand-in as the beneficiary:

Thanks and Remail Bless

Rabi Aliu
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